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|*August 13 - 19
|Lord of Our Resources
Read for This Week's Study:
|Deut. 8:7-18; Matt. 6:19-21; 24:45-51; 1 Cor. 9:11-14; Phil. 4:11-13; Heb. 13:5; James 1:16, 17.
Memory Text:
|"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning" (James 1:17, NKJV).
Key Thought:
|Every good and perfect gift comes from above. We are not owners but
stewards of the resources the Lord graciously places at our disposal.
The psalmist reminds us that "the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein" (Ps. 24:1, NKJV). Every good and perfect gift we receive comes from the Father's hand. The greatest gift of all was bestowed when God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. "He poured out all heaven to man in that one great gift. And then he completed the work by surrounding man with unlimited blessings, favor upon favor, gift upon gift, opening to our view all the treasures of the future world."Ellen G. White, Signs of the Times, August 17, 1891.
When we have been redeemed by the precious blood of Christ, we will recognize Him as Lord of all our resources, for all our resources have come only from Him and certainly not from ourselves. We, then, are stewards, not owners, and as stewards we identify ourselves with the Master, whose goods we have been given to oversee. We must accept the responsibilities of a steward and act in our Master's stead.
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, August 20.
|August 14
Giving Thanks for Every Good and Perfect Gift (James 1:16, 17).
What important truth does James reaffirm in his letter to the brothers and sisters in Christ scattered abroad? James 1:16, 17. What are some of these gifts? What error is he trying to help them avoid?
Think for a moment about the blessings you enjoy on a daily basis. Have any of us duly considered how much we have to be thankful for? What do you possess that didn't, ultimately, have its origins in God, our Creator? Wealth, power, prestige, whatever you have, at its source it didn't start with you but with God, who created all things. How important that we never forget that truth.
How does the Sabbath help keep this important truth before us on a weekly basis?
What danger did the children of Israel face as they prepared to possess the land of promise, soon to be surrounded with a multitude of blessings? Deut. 8:7-18. What is the Lord warning them against doing? How are we in danger of doing the same thing?
|What are some of the gifts you have been given that mean the most to you? Why are they so important? What can you do to protect yourself against taking them for granted or thinking you somehow deserve them because of your own innate goodness?
|August 15
Returning a Faithful Tithe
The Lord gave the following command to the children of Israel through His servant Moses:" 'And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's. It is holy to the Lord'" (Lev. 27:30, NKJV). The phrase "holy to the Lord" makes more sense when you understand that the idea of holy carries with it the notion of "set apart for holy use," indicating the tithe is to be set apart for the Lord, to be used for Him and His purpose specifically, as opposed to other uses. It is something special, something different from the rest of our "seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree."
Read Malachi 3:8-10. Why does God call not paying tithe robbery? What does that imply about who owns it to begin with?
We see various aspects of the tithing principle throughout the Bible. Abraham gave tithe to the priest of the Most High God, Melchizedek (Gen. 14:20), a fact that's reemphasized in the New Testament book of Hebrews (see Heb. 7:2); Jacob, as well, understood the idea of tithing (Gen. 28:22); and, after the Exodus, God reaffirmed the law of tithing as a divine institution (Lev. 27:30-32; Num. 18:24, 26, 28; Deut. 12:6, 11, 17).
"Because Abraham is the father of all believers, he is the model of tithe paying for Christians. As Abraham paid tithe to Melchizedek, the priest of the Most High God, so New Testament believers give tithe to Christ, our High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek (Heb. 5:9, 10; 7:1-22)."Seventh-day Adventists Believe, p. 272.
Read 1 Corinthians 9:11-14. How do Paul's words here help us understand an important principle behind our duty to pay a faithful tithe to the storehouse of the church?
How is tithing a visible manifestation of our acknowledgment that all that we have comes from God? Why is tithing such an important act of faith?
|August 16
Laying Up Treasure in Heaven (Matt. 6:19-21).
Read Matthew 6:19-21. Rewrite the text in your own words, expressing the essential message you believe the Lord is telling us here.
However simple Christ's words, the idea behind them is profound. Jesus warns us that things of this world are temporal, transitory, unstable; why, then, put all your treasure where one day it will be swept away or lost forever? Why put your money in a bank that you know is going to collapse? The Lord is pointing us to eternal things, to heavenly things, to things that long after this world and all that's in it pass away will still be here.
Read 1 John 2:15-17. In what ways are these words saying to us the same thing that Jesus did in the above verses?
How do you understand the exhortation of Jesus to " 'lay up . . . treasures in heaven' "? What specifically does this involve? See Luke 12:16-21.
Laying up treasure in heaven deals, not just with what we do with our money but with our whole lives. What are our priorities? What are our biggest concerns? How much of our life is spent on earthly, worldly, temporal things as opposed to spiritual and heavenly things? For example, how much time do we spend in prayer, Bible study, or witnessing as opposed to watching TV? Do our lives reveal that we, indeed, are not only preparing to meet Jesus but we are working to help others prepare, as well? Those who are laying up treasure in heaven are daily making decisions for the Lord; they are choosing obedience over sin, love over hatred, and others over self. In short, laying up treasure in heaven is living the Christian life, a life marked by self-sacrificing love, a life that isn't dominated by love of the world or the things in the world, where moths and thieves and rust exist.
|Dwell on Christ's words," 'Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.' " Where's your heart? What does your answer tell you about yourself and where your treasure is? Is it time to transfer your account?
|August 17
Living as Faithful Stewards (Matt. 24:45-51).
Read the account in Matthew 24:45-51. What message is the Lord giving us here?
Meanwhile, in contrast, it is easy for us to pass judgment on the unfaithful steward and condemn him for his waywardness. And yet, how many of us act in much the same way? We use the resources our Master has placed at our disposal to serve ourselves. We preoccupy ourselves with our own present desires and agendas, at the expense of what the Lord has asked us to do as stewards of the gifts He has given us.
Read again the texts for today. How did the evil servant manifest his wrong attitude toward the Lord? What did he do? What are some modern parallels to beating the servants and eating and drinking with the drunken? In other words, how might we, today, still awaiting the coming of Christ, manifest in our lives the same wrong attitude as the unfaithful servant?
|Suppose Christ came back yesterday. Would He have found you a faithful or an unfaithful steward? If the answer was the latter, what would you have done differently yesterday in order to have been deemed a faithful servant?
|August 18
Learning to Be Content
"But godliness with contentment is great gain" (1 Tim. 6:6, NKJV).
The noun translated "contentment" in 1 Timothy 6:6 implies self-sufficiency, "the state of one who supports himself without aid from others." This state of being was highly valued by some of the philosophers in Paul's day. While the apostle Paul also affirms contentment as a virtue, he suggests that, for the follower of Jesus, the source of contentment does not come from within but from without.
Study the following passages of Scripture that refer to "contentment" or "being content" (Phil. 4:11-13, Heb. 13:5). How is a Christian able to experience contentment even in the most difficult circumstances? In what ways have you experienced some of the things Paul is talking about in these verses? What lessons did you learn in these experiences? Give specific examples of your situations and share them with your class.
Our contentment is based upon our confidence in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He is the One who strengthens us. He is our Rock, when everything else is shifting sand. He is our Surety, when everything else is uncertain. Apart from Jesus Christ, there is no true contentment.
"Paul in this letter to Timothy would impress upon his mind the necessity of giving such instruction as should remove the deception which so easily steals upon the rich, that because of their riches they are superior to those who are in poverty, that because of their ability to acquire they are superior in wisdom and judgment-in short, that gain is godliness. Here is a fearful deception. How few heed the charge which Paul commissioned Timothy to make to the rich! How many flatter themselves that their acquisitiveness is godliness! Paul declares, 'Godliness with contentment is great gain.' Although rich persons may devote their whole lives to the one object of getting riches, yet as they brought nothing into the world, they can carry nothing out. They must die and leave that which cost them so much labor to obtain. They staked their all, their eternal interest, to obtain this property, and have lost both worlds."Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 541.
What changes need to be made in your church in order for it to reflect better what we've learned today? Why, though, must those changes begin in the heart of each believer? What is the only way these changes can come?
|August 19
Further Study:
|Look at two case studies in stewardship. Compare the story of the rich
fool with the story of Nicodemus.
The Rich Fool: Luke 12:13-21
"By the parable of the foolish rich man, Christ showed the folly of those who make the world their all. This man had received everything from God. . . . He did not realize that God had made him a steward of His goods that he might help the needy. He had a blessed opportunity of being God's almoner, but he thought only of ministering to his own comfort."Ellen G. White, Christ's Object Lessons, p. 256.
Nicodemus: John 3:1, 2; 19:38-40
"Now, when the Jews were trying to destroy the infant church, Nicodemus came forward in its defense. No longer cautious and questioning, he encouraged the faith of the disciples and used his wealth in helping to sustain the church at Jerusalem and in advancing the work of the gospel. Those who in other days had paid him reverence, now scorned and persecuted him, and he became poor in this world's goods; yet he faltered not in the defense of his faith."Ellen G. White, The Acts of the Apostles, p. 105.
Discussion Questions:
| What if everyone felt at liberty to place their tithe wherever
they felt the urge to place it, as opposed to the church itself? It's hard
to see how the church could still function or even exist. What should this
tell us about the importance of where we place our tithe? Discuss this issue
as a
How does the act of returning tithes and offerings help keep us from being greedy?
Suppose someone were to come to your class and say, "Look, I just lost my job. I barely have enough money to pay the rent and feed my kids. I just can't possibly return tithe. I can't get by on what I have now." What would you say to that person? What could you do for that person, as well?
|I N S I D E Story
|Where's Ina? part 1
Virgie Amora
Ina is a widow who lives in a mountain village in the southern Philippines. Ina is the local word for mother, and it fits Ina. Whenever children in the village cry for their mother who is gathering food in the forest, Ina comforts them. Whenever somebody in the village is sick, Ina brings herbs and roots to treat them.
Although Ina's village has no Adventist members yet, Ina faithfully worships God with the school children. She hushes the noisy ones and reminds them to listen to the teacher.
When Ina gathers sweet potatoes from her garden plot for dinner, she brings extras for the missionary teachers.
When a storm tore half the roof from the missionary teachers' hut, Ina came to help us fix it. She was everyone's mother.
One day Ina did not attend morning worship at the school. She did not attend evening worship at the missionaries' hut. They grew worried and went to find her. Others searched for Ina too. "Ina! Ina!" the people called at her hut. The door was open, but no one answered. Just then someone inside the dark hut coughed. "Ina?" they called.
A frail voice struggled to say, "Come in!" Quickly the teachers climbed the stick ladder to the house, and inside they found Ina curled up under a thin blanket, very weak, very sick.
"What happened, Ina?" one missionary teacher asked, touching her hot forehead. The teacher bathed her hot body and asked her if the children could sing for her.
"Please, sing, Maestra [teacher]," Ina said.
The children began singing songs that Ina knew. Tears streamed down Ina face. "Stop singing," Ina whispered. "Stop singing and pray for me."
The group bowed their heads and prayed for Ina. "Dear God in heaven, our Great Physician, please touch Ina and make her whole so that she can again worship You."
After prayer Ina told the children, "Be good; love one another; obey your parents, and love your teachers. God is coming soon to take us to heaven. Now, sing," she pleaded.
Ina was still very sick when the missionary left the village for her monthly trip to Mountain View College. Every step she prayed that she would see Ina alive when she returned.
Virgie Amora is a student at Mountain View College in southern Philippines. She served as a missionary teacher among the Manobo people.
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
Here I Go Again
Woman 1: You know what I read recently - is that in larger cities like in New York, you can now rent pets. Isn't that great?
Woman 2: [laughing] Are you serious?
Woman 1: Oh yeah! You can rent a pet for while, or a weekend, or rent one for a walk. I mean, I guess in a big city maybe you don't want a pet for life, but it'd be nice for here or there, or for a day.
Woman 2: Yeah, I guess it's a good thing huh? You can sell anything these days!
Woman 1: Yeah, like maybe if you were a divorced Dad and had the kids for a weekend, you could rent a puppy or a dog for the kids. Or if you were lonely, you could rent a dog for the week. What a great idea! Pet Rentals!
YEAH. Because animals don't bond at all, hmmmm? They have no feelings, no separation anxiety, and should be treated as RENTAL PROPERTY, yes? Let's just rent them out to the kind of humans who actually think animals are rent-able and continue to reinforce the notion that we humans seem to think that creatures other than us are disposable. Yes, brilliant.
Next up: how I feel about renting abandoned children! Not sure if you want children?
Rent a Kid! Try it on!
I swear I need a room in my house where I can just smash stuff. I need a fainting couch.
36 comments:
I read about too somewhere and think it's absolutely crazy. I can't even believe someone could run a business like that and look in the mirror at night. How do they even screen the people who 'rent' these poor animals?
- September 13, 2008 at 1:13 PM
ugh, the type of people that would rent a pet probably have no idea about looking after an animal :P
- September 13, 2008 at 2:40 PM
- Lisa said...
Oh honey I'm sorry you had to listen to those goofy women. That would be enough to piss me off royally. Instead of smashing stuff though you should bake something. yeah. do that. you will definitely feel better. and hug your pooches too!
- September 13, 2008 at 3:27 PM
I started to read this and thought "hmm, could be an interesting idea"...doh! Yeah, I don't have pets, and it's probably a good thing. Obviously I'm totally clueless! Thanks for setting me straight! ;)
- September 13, 2008 at 4:22 PM
- Jennywenny said...
Actually, I think there is a new place in san diego where you can rent a room for a few minutes and buy a bunch of things and smash them all to pieces.
- September 13, 2008 at 4:57 PM
- MonkeyGirl said...
Oh, what a wonderful idea for a new business! Not the rent-a-pet thing, but a place to smash things! You could scour garage sales, etc. for dishes and let people have at it!
- September 13, 2008 at 6:29 PM
- NV said...
You poor dear. You feel things so acutely. People like that aren't worth getting all worked up about.
You just pick up the nearest rock and crack them a good one ...
- September 13, 2008 at 6:39 PM
- John D. said...
F**king idiots. >: ( Also makes me wonder what kind of animal "advocates" are on the other end doing the renting.
- September 13, 2008 at 7:21 PM
- Laura said...
Scary. Very scary.
- September 13, 2008 at 9:32 PM
- flutter said...
*snort* a fainting couch...
- September 14, 2008 at 12:57 AM
- Abeer said...
well maybe paris hilton can try this instead of buying dogs and dumping them when they get too 'big'
- September 14, 2008 at 2:05 AM
- Real Live Lesbian said...
I agree with monkeygirl. Let's open Smash 'n Bash. You get a free baby for a week with your first room rental.
That'll ensure that you'll be back.
Fainting couches are back by the bar. We'll need that, too.
- September 14, 2008 at 5:52 AM
People are so stupid and cruel. I saw a man riding a bike the other day while his dog was forced to run beside him on a leash. It's like mothers (if you can call them that!) who walk way too fast for their toddlers, while holding their arms and forcing the poor little babies to run alongside them. And of course there's much, much worse. I can't bear it. What is wrong with people???!! I ask that question everyday and the universe is completely silent on that question. I join my voice with yours in the cosmological rant! Why, why, why???!
- September 14, 2008 at 6:21 AM
- giz said...
Although basically the idea is rather insane, I almost think by dogs would enjoy being rented out - they might even get a decent walk for a change. Kid rental...hmmm.. there were certainly times I was entirely willing to just give them away.
- September 14, 2008 at 7:02 AM
- Clumbsy Cookie said...
That's the kind of person I would love to rent to have a fight with. Are people stupid? Guess so...
- September 14, 2008 at 7:08 AM
- Ann said...
Meagan: Good point! How DO they make sure these animals are even safe with these poeople???
Grace: Another GREAT point!
Lisa: Yep! Hug your pooch too!
Kspinning: I totally love your honesty. You're awesome.
Jennywenny: I am ON board! Now that's a business I can support.
Monkeygirl: I know, interesting huh? Smash Boutique.
NV: OMG, I actually thought about that....
John: Yep, I wondered the exact same thing.
Laura: I know, girl, I know.
Flutter: I know! You'd be in the smash room, with ME! :)
Abeer: LOL, don't even get me started on that gal, :)!!
RLL: BRILLIANT, per usual!!!
Firefly: COSMOLOGICAL RANT!! I love that!!!!!!
Giz: That's funny - I bet you're not alone in wanting to give those dang kids away at times. ;)
CC: Another brilliant idea - let's rent those folks to fight with! :)
- September 14, 2008 at 7:43 AM
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- September 14, 2008 at 12:09 PM
- Unknown said...
my my, you gotta wonder, but hey, at least they were hiking-- they might have just rented someone to do it for them ;-)
just stumbled on your blog and it's been a fabulous read :)
- September 14, 2008 at 6:56 PM
- Adam said...
Wow, that's really, really weird. It's like pet prostitution, but without the... ya know.
Did the women rent brains? Cause they should go return theirs... they don't need them :)
- September 14, 2008 at 6:57 PM
- grace said...
what a ridiculous idea! frankly, i'm sorry you had to listen to such a moronic conversation. i've lost several iq points that way. :)
- September 15, 2008 at 2:06 AM
I rent out each of my testicles seperately.
- September 15, 2008 at 9:26 AM
- Sugar Jones said...
What a strange concept. So many things that used to be in these futuristic movies with people that don't feel... no empathy... how odd.
So, I wanted a dog. But I waited until my youngest baby was old enough. At that point, we sold the house with a yard. I knew our new little place was not going to cut it for a dog. I'm not a dog person right now... but I know enough to know that I can't possibly be a good dog mommy. I wouldn't go and rent a pup just to prove it.
- September 15, 2008 at 5:34 PM
- Unknown said...
Gosh, just when I was looking for supplemental income. I think I'll place an ad on craigslist (surely there aren't any crazy people that respond there) renting out Simon and Hallie for a weekend. I'm sure they would love to spend a weekend with some kids pulling their tails, poking at them, and enjoying their company.
My sarcasm is free~
- September 15, 2008 at 6:34 PM
- RazorFamilyFarms.com said...
Isn't it horrible how some people view (or don't view) the feelings of their pets?
I am continually amazed and disgusted by the insensitivity of some to the plight of animals.
Blessings to you, Ann.
- September 16, 2008 at 5:08 AM
Here's an idea, let's rent out the idiots who came up with this idea to local prisons. Try out prison! See if it's right for you! Grrrr.
On a positive note - if this appalls you (and it SHOULD), you can do something to offset the anger. Volunteer to walk the dogs at the Animal Humane Society - they always need the help.
- September 16, 2008 at 9:06 AM
- MamaGeek @ Works For Us said...
That makes me sad. I'm an animal lover and the thought of rent-a-pet is wrong on so many levels.
*le sigh*
- September 16, 2008 at 11:31 AM
- hungryandfrozen said...
Right on, sister! What a hideous concept. The poor animals wouldn't know if they were coming or going, and I'm sure they'd end up with trust issues.
You should try shadowboxing - I'm distinctly unathletic but it's great fun for getting out tension. Or, closer to home, kneading a good batch of bread dough. And the smell of it cooking is soooo soothing. Better than therapy :D
- September 16, 2008 at 4:15 PM
- YD, sometimes with ♥June and ♥Angel Samantha said...
I don't know what idiots came up with that Rent-a-pet idea. Maybe we should rent those idiots out.
- September 17, 2008 at 8:21 AM
what exactly is a fainting couch?
- September 17, 2008 at 11:14 AM
I think the idea of renting pets as a business is deplorable--for all the same reasons that you mentioned.
On the other hand, our local Animal Care and Control people will rent homeless animals to college students for an afternoon. They get a little bit of money for the care of the animals, and most of the animals wind up getting adopted that way.
- September 17, 2008 at 12:40 PM
- Brittany said...
Ugh. Friggin people amaze me sometimes.
I really like the idea of a fainting couch. They should sell them at Ikea.
- September 17, 2008 at 10:25 PM
yea i heard abt the rent-a-pet schemes out and about, it's ridiculous i tell you. cruelty! someone should shit in a bag and post it to such rental places. geeez.
- September 18, 2008 at 6:04 AM
- RazorFamilyFarms.com said...
What next? Rent a child?
Still in shock.
- September 18, 2008 at 9:58 AM
- Country Girl said...
That is nuts! What's this world coming to...a pretty scary place!
- September 19, 2008 at 4:43 PM
- Gigi said...
wow, renting pets? i am speechless. some people are just morons.
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text: The Floppy Disk means Save, and 14 other old people Icons that don't make sense anymore May 9, '12 Comments [145] Posted in Musings Sponsored By The Floppy Disk Icon means "save" for a whole generation of people who have never seen one. — Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) May 9, 2012 What happens when all the things we based our icons on don't exist anymore? Do they just become, ahem, iconic glyphs whose origins are shrouded in mystery? Floppy Disk - Save Save? Save where? You know, down there. Adding the Arrow to the 3.5" floppy makes me smile. Is it pointing to under my desk? What's a floppy? Why not a USB key? Maybe a cloud icon? That will be easy since there is only One Cloud Icon in the world. Radio Buttons - Mutually Exclusive Choices Why are they called Radio Buttons? Because my car radio used to have buttons where only one could be pressed at any time. I miss my 8-track. Clipboards Seriously, short of a doctor's office or the DMV when are we coming in contact with clipboards? And why is the clipboard the icon for Paste? Why not Copy? Or "fill out form? Bookmarks We used to use smaller flat dead trees to keep our place in between the dead trees we would read from so that we didn't lose our page. No, books didn't "keep our place when we turned them off." Address Books and Calendars We would write down all our addresses and phone numbers in a dead tree and carry it around with us. Sometimes we'd manage our calendar that way also. Everything was bound together with metal spiral loops. Let me check my Filofax. Voicemail I assume that the Voicemail icon is supposed to be evocative of reel to reel tapes but it always look like a container of 110 Film. I suspect my voicemail is no longer stored on spooled magnetic tape. No, you've never seen either of these before, young person. #getoffmylawn Manila Folder I suppose the kids use Pee Chees still these days? I use folders because I use the 43 Folders organizational system but I don't see any reason that we couldn't be storing our files in abstract squares rather than folders in the sky. Handset Phone Icon The world's most advanced phones include an icon that looks like a phone handset that you haven't touched in 20 years, unless you've used a pay phone recently. (What's that?) Magnifying Glass and Binoculars At some time in the past the magnifying glass became the "search everywhere" icon, but for some reason binoculars are for searching within a document. This makes no sense as magnifying glasses are for searching things that are near and binoculars imply breadth of search and distance. These two commands should have had their icons reversed! Envelopes Soon the envelope itself will go away and the next generation will wonder what this rectangle means and what it has to do with email. We'll still put other arrows and icons on top of these icons to mean reply, forward, delete, and other things. "Daddy, what's a 'stamp'?" Wrenches and Gears - Setup/Settings Want to indicate Settings or Setup to a twenty something? Show them a tool they've never used in their lives. Microphones If you don't know who Johnny Carson is, how could you know that this is a old-style microphone? Photography No one under 30 has seen a Polaroid in years but we keep using them for icons. Instagram sold for $1B with an icon whose subtlety was lost on its target audience. "Shake it like a Polaroid picture." Televisions Does your TV have "rabbit ears?" Carbon Copies and Blueprints I'll "cc" you on that email. Last time I made a carbon copy I was using a mimeograph to do it. What other icons do we use while the original inspiration fades into obscurity? Note: If one of these icons is yours let me know and I'll link to your site. I found all these and haven't been able to attribute all of them. « The Nerd Parent's Guide: When and how to... | Blog Home | Please Learn to Think about Abstractions... » About Scott Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author. About Newsletter Sponsored By Hosting By Comments [145] Share on: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or use the Permalink


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Bill Kauffman, USA Volleyball Senior Manager of Communications, Phone: 719-228-6800, Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (July 13, 2013) – Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio) collected 24 points in leading the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team to a 25-15, 25-19, 21-25, 23-25, 15-10 victory over Japan in the final match of the USA Volleyball Cup in front of standing-room only crowd of 2,000 fans at the JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
Team USA swept the inaugural USA Volleyball Cup three-match series with Japan. The Americans won the opening match 23-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-23 on July 10 at UC San Diego, followed by a 25-17, 26-24, 18-25, 25-20 victory on July 12 at Long Beach State. Team USA is now 8-0 on the season in Karch Kiraly's first season as head coach.
"Japan is definitely an unbelievable team and one of the toughest to score against in the world, and they showed that tonight in how they came back," said setter Jenna Hagglund (West Chester, Ohio).
Fawcett tallied 18 kills on 33 attacks with just two errors to go with three blocks and three aces as part of her 24 points. Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.) added 12 kills on 21 errorless swings and two blocks for 14 points. Kim Hill (Portland, Ore.) chipped in 13 points via nine kills, three blocks and an ace. Cursty Jackson (Los Angeles) produced four kills, three aces and three blocks for 10 points ,which was matched by Jordan Larson-Burbach (Hooper, Neb.) with eight kills, one ace and one block for 10 points.
Hagglund tallied 47 assists in the victory, while Thompson added 11 as part of a double-sub off the bench in all five sets. Larson-Burbach totaled 19 digs and Tama Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii) added 11 digs with a 74 positive reception percent on 23 service receptions.
"It has been amazing to play in front of great crowds this week," Paolini said. "We feed off the crowd and they have been incredible. By seeing the crowds show up and supporting us means our hard work and dedication means a lot to people other than just our team. It is very meaningful to have the crowds come out night after night to support us in this event."
Japan was led by Yukiko Ebata's 24 points, while Saori Kimura added 23 points. Risa Shinnabe charted 13 points in the loss for Japan.
"It has been an incredible experience playing at home in front of a home crowd and hearing the 'USA' chant – it is a dream feeling," Hagglund said. "Japan is one of the best teams in the world, and this has been a great experience for the whole team with so many players contributing. It is incredible to have so many players play and make solid contributions versus a great opponent such as Japan. We all practice hard every day in the gym, but there is nothing like putting on a jersey and playing a quality opponent. Everybody is working their tails off every day in practice, and these matches are a great report card for us to see our progress and what we need to upgrade."
Kelly Murphy (Wilmington, Ill.) recorded nine kills for the Americans, while Hagglund added three points and Danielle Scott (Baton Rouge, La.) chipped in two points. Cassidy Lichtman (Poway, Calif.) rounded out the scoring with a kill.
The U.S. held a 15-4 margin in blocks and an 8-5 edge in aces. Japan produced a narrow 69-63 margin in digs. Team USA held a 40.9 kill percent and .354 hitting efficiency (67-9-164). Japan was limited to a 35 kill percent and .206 hitting efficiency (63-26-180).
Kiraly started Hagglund at setter, Hill and Larson-Burbach at outside hitter, Paolini and Jackson at middle blocker and Fawcett at opposite. Miyashiro was the libero for the match. Murphy started the third set in place of Fawcett, who returned to the starting rotation for the fourth and fifth sets. Lichtman was a sub in the final four sets, while Scott was a sub in the third set.
The U.S. Women are ranked No. 1 in the world and won the silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games. Japan, ranked No. 3 in the world, captured the bronze medal in London last summer.
Both teams will be competing in the FIVB World Grand Prix, the premier annual women's international volleyball tournament, starting on Aug. 2. The Americans travel to Brazil for the opening preliminary weekend to face Russia, Poland and Brazil, while Japan competes in Turkey against the host country, Thailand and Algeria. The World Grand Prix has three consecutive preliminary weekends with a total of nine matches. The top five teams in the 20-team field plus Japan advance to the Final Round that takes place Aug. 28 to Sept. 1 in Sapporo, Japan.
Team USA bolted to a 13-2 advantage in the opening set and went on to win 25-15 as Fawcett connected for five kills on seven errorless attacks along with a block. Jackson totaled three aces, two blocks and a kill in her first set and match in a USA uniform. The Americans hammered 14 kills on 29 errorless attacks in the opening set.
Japan held an 8-6 lead at the first technical timeout of the second set, only to see the U.S. gain steam in building a 19-12 lead and going on to a 25-19 victory. Fawcett was credited with four kills, one ace and two blocks in the set.
Japan reached the third set's first technical timeout leading 8-6 and increased the margin to 16-13 at the second technical timeout on a 4-1 scoring run. Team USA answered by leveling the score at 18-all. Japan regained a two-point cushion at 21-19 and went on to win 25-21 on a 7-3 run.
Japan prompted the U.S. to take a timeout trailing 13-8 in the fourth set after yielding a 6-1 scoring run by the visitors. The Americans fell behind 19-14 and called its second timeout, but came out of the break with a 4-0 run on Larson's serve to close to 19-18. Japan stopped the run with consecutive points to push to a 21-18 advantage. Hill put up a solo block and Fawcett sliced an ace to close the U.S. deficit to 22-21 going into Japan's second timeout, then the score went level at 22-all on a Japan attack error. Japan scored the final two points on a block and kill to capture a 25-23 victory and send the match into the tiebreaker.
The U.S. jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the fourth set that included two slams by Fawcett, resulting in an early Japan timeout. Japan rallied to square the set at 6-all. Team USA reached a two-point cushion at 9-7 following a Japanese attack error, then extended the gap to 10-7 on a Jackson cross-court winner. The Americans built the lead to 13-9 on a Japan error. Paolini slammed an overpass to end a long rally with several Japanese digs to give the Americans set and match points at 14-10. Hill finished off the set with a kill down the line at 15-10.
Notes: Jane Ward, a 1964 U.S. Olympic Volleyball Team member, was present at the match and met with the current team members prior to the first serve…Cursty Jackson and Sonja Newcombe suited in their first international matches…Both U.S. setters in the match, Jenna Hagglund and Courtney Thompson, were products of University of Washington…The USA Volleyball Cup with the U.S. and Japan was played in three different communities in Southern California to build better community relations in the area that the team trains. The City of Anaheim is the host city for the U.S. Women's and Men's National Volleyball Teams…The U.S. had 17 different players see court time in the three-match USA Volleyball Cup series with the rosters changing for each contest.
U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Roster for July 13 USA Volleyball Cup
# - Name (Pos, Ht, Spike, Block, Hometown, College)
2 - Danielle Scott (MB, 6-2, 10-8, 9-11, Baton Rouge, La., Long Beach State University)
3 - Courtney Thompson (S, 5-8, 9-0, 8-8, Kent, Wash., University of Washington)
5 – Tamari Miyashiro (L, 5-7, 9-4, 8-9, Kaneohe, Hawaii, University of Washington)
7 - Cassidy Lichtman (OH, 6-1, 9-10, 9-2, Poway, Calif., Stanford University)
10 - Jordan Larson-Burbach (OH, 6-2, 9-11, 9-8, Hooper, Neb., University of Nebraska)
12 - Kayla Banwarth (L, 5-10, 9-8, 9-3, Dubuque, Iowa, University of Nebraska)
14 - Nicole Fawcett (OPP, 6-4, 10-2, 9-7, Zanesfield, Ohio, Penn State University)
17 - Lauren Paolini (MB, 6-4, 10-5, 9-10, Ann Arbor, Mich., University of Texas)
20 – Jenna Hagglund (S, 5-10, 9-7, 9-6, West Chester, Ohio, University of Washington)
22 - Rachael Adams (MB, 6-2, 10-5, 10-1, Cincinnati, Ohio, University of Texas)
25 - Kelly Murphy (OPP, 6-2, 10-4, 10-1, Wilmington, Ill., University of Florida)
26 - Kim Hill (OH, 6-4, 10-6, 10-2, Portland, Ore., Pepperdine University)
28 – Cursty Jackson (MB, 6-2, 10-6, 10-2, Los Angeles, University of Arizona)
39 – Sonja Newcombe (OH, 6-1, 10-0, 9-10, Lake Arrowhead, Calif., University of Oregon)
Head Coach: Karch Kiraly
Assistant Coaches: Reed Sunahara, Tom Black
Technical Coordinator: Joe Trinsey
Athletic Trainer: Jill Wosmek


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Outfit Details:
striped top - ModCloth
skirt - Topshop
hat - Goorin Bros
Seychelles glitter platforms - c/o Seychelles
ring - gift from my mom
Gorgeous shoes and top! Love your style!
Lovelovelove everything! A little bit sailor, a little bit disco queen with those shoes... perfect.
x Michelle | thefeatherden.net
The color of that skirt is amazing!
Love those heels too!
Fashion Agony blog
Love your shoes!ReplyDelete
Love the whole outfit, it's perfect!
Red is sooo your colour!
Your hair is gorgeous!!!!!
Awesome look. Esp the striped top and the heels :)
I dig the new cut! So chic with some edge.ReplyDelete
I wouldn' t say your hair is short. For me it' s pretty long. How long was it before you cut it?
And yes,it' s only hair. It will grow back. That' s a good reason to try out some things with your hair.
I think the new hair cut looks amazing on you as well as the long hair before! ♥ You look always fab!
I really love your style!
XX, IamJenniya
I think that what you think is the most important thing. Isn't it funny, though, how people seem to feel that they have an input or like... kind of a hold on your hair? A few years back, I went from medium-length hair to short hair, and people kept remarking 'Oh... I really liked your hair before...' But it's just hair! Anyhow, I think your new style looks amazing. Doesn't your head feel so much lighter? ;)ReplyDelete
I totally agree, it's just hair and it doesn't have to define you unless you want it to! You're a beautiful lady no matter what length your hair is! I also adore your outfit, I love the nautical colors! xx
I love this outfit, Keiko. DEM SEYCHELLES. I love your short hair. I'll miss your long hair, but I'm looking forward to seeing you more with it short.
Love, Amy
A. Loo's Closet
Beautiful, as always.
too pretty.. always love your styleReplyDelete
I think the short hair really suits you! It's so edgy!
exactly...it's just hair! nothing wrong with a change every once in a while.ReplyDelete
love the first picture a lot!! and I like your new short hair! it suits you well!ReplyDelete
I'm mad you even had to explain WHY you wanted to cut your hair. I love change! Especially with hair! I went from medium length hair to a pixie cut and now I'm back to medium length hair again. I'm always playing with the length of my hair and it's fun! The change is great and does not need an explanation. I LOVE your new look!!
Keiko, I wish I had the balls. You look lovely!
wow you look absolutely amazing, Keiko! this is one of my favourite outfits of yours!!
Drawing Dreaming
Love the outfit!
Katie xx
As long as you're happy with your hair, that's awesome! I've cut my hair short a few times and have always regretted it, which is a shame because it's so much easier to deal with sometimes!ReplyDelete
Thanks to extensions you have short hair one day and long the next. I love the change <3 :)
Love Scrapbook
I love this outfit! There's something really French about it (the striped top + the hat, maybe?), it looks great.
Roses and Equilibrium
well dang girl, you look gorgeous with long or short hair!
Story of my life girl! I love it! You go on with your bad self!ReplyDelete
I don't think it's that short! Still looks great, and you look amazing like always! love the red stripes!ReplyDelete
I think the haircut is stunning on you and a really fun change! And I love the bright colors in this outfit and the darling hat!
Such a lovely outfit! I am loving the mix of colours. Also, your lipstick and makeup is so fab. It seriously looks wonderful! I am really digging the cat eye eye liner (I wish I could do a good job like that!) xoReplyDelete
love the striped shirt on you!
Oh this is such a pretty outfit! I love red, white and blue!
Beautiful! I love striped tshirts, they always look so chic! =)
xx, eleonora
I saw your short hair and I am loving it! It's awesome you can pull off both lengths :)
xo Jennifer
You look so cute. :)
Love the shape of that skirt. You are too cute!ReplyDelete
i love your haircut and i love your long hair. Either way, you have maj style so that's what makes it work. You're gorgeous.
I think asking *why* you cut it is such an odd question!
One of my bosses came in the first day I had mine short(er) and all she said was, "you cut your hair. Why?!" So clearly she likes it. Bahaha. Anyway, you're lovely & stylish, as always. You can pull off any length beautifully. <3
The photos are absolutely stunnig!! X
i can't believe you made it that long!! i haven't been able to grow mine out in forever..trying now haha these are so gorgeous, love the rich colors with your skin/hair!ReplyDelete
You've inspired me to cut my hair again (after my wedding!).
As you said, it's just hair, it'll grow back and it's fun to play with for that reason.
Good on you, I think!
I always loved watching America's Next Model when the girls all start bawling because they're getting the hair cut and coloured! :P
your lips are so adorable, just like little bows! Makes your face incredibly distinct!
Love this look! Great combo of colors and unexpected shoe choice.
I'm with you on that one! And change is sometimes very much needed :)
xoxo Olga
I freakin love your short hair :)
xo Ashley
Oh I am tooootally in that restless phase where I really wanna cut my hair short (even though everybody is begging me not to ;) but I just love long hair and am too scared to do it :} Your's looks fabulous though!
Gorgeous look1 I love your new cut! I've had short hair for like five years + I love it!
xx, sweet birdie
Love your style!!!!
Amber Ily
The heels are to die for! The MAC's Russian Red looks great on you too!
Stay beautiful and keep smiling! ^^
It may sound strange, but I really love your lips. The most perfect shape!
Hi there, hope your week is going well. Have been following for a little over a yr now, and first time commenter. I love the color combo in this outfit, I could so picture myself wearing this for summer or the 4th of July. Love the shoes.ReplyDelete
Love your style, very fashion and chic.Your blue dress is my favorite.ReplyDelete
What a sweet look! Do what you like girl, you would still look gorgeous if you were bald. :)
The Risk It Took To Bloom
i know what you mean! i chopped off my hair recently and i actually love it a refreshing change! yours looks great


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The REAL Love Chapter
Quick! Name the "Love chapter" in the New Testament.
That label is usually applied to 1 Corinthians 13, but another chapter looks to be far more deserving of it. To see what I mean, try searching by the root αγαπη in a tagged Greek New Testament. Simply type a plus sign (to indicate a root search) followed by αγαπη, then hit Return.
Searching by root will automatically include every lexical form derived from this root, including the verb ἀγαπάω ("to love"), the noun ἀγάπη ("love"), and the adjective ἀγαπητός ("beloved"). That's a more comprehensive search than looking for just one of these lexical forms.
Having done this search, we can easily get a breakdown of where these words appear most often by selecting Table Bar Chart from the Graphs and Stats menu.
By default, the Table Bar Chart graphs the average number of hits per book, but you can customize the appearance of this graph by using the keyboard shortcut command-T to open the Set Graph Display dialog. In this dialog, check the boxes for Sort by count and Show chapter detail. I also chose the options to show the count to the right of each bar and to use a black background.
When you're finished, click OK. Your graph should now look like this.
From this we can see that when looking at the average number of hits (that is, the number of hits per 1000 words), 1 Corinthians 13 comes in a distant second to 1 John 4.
If we change the pop-up menu in the bottom right corner of the graph window to show the Total Hits, we see 1 Corinthians 13 shift even further down into a three-way tie for fourth!
From this it would appear that 1 John 4 is the real love chapter in the New Testament.
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Jonathan Morgan
I would still maintain that 1 Corinthians 13 is the true love chapter because all of it is talking about love, while if we go to 1 John 4 no matter how many mentions of love it has it does not mention it in the first six verses.


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Demolishing tall buildings is typically a loud and messy process that produces a lot of dust and not a lot of building materials that can be salvaged. But Japan's Taisei Corporation is pioneering a new technique that preserves building materials and actually generates energy from the demolition process. The process, known as Ecological Reproduction System (Tecorep), uses huge jacks and an energy-generating crane to dismantle high-rises from the inside. Hit the jump to watch a time-lapse video of Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka slowly recede from the skyline.
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Some of the most common demolition techniques used around the world include the use of wrecking balls, explosives and jackhammers—all of which are very noisy and disruptive, not to mention wasteful. But this new technique employed in Tokyo is much more environmentally-friendly. Although the Taisei Corporation has tested the technique before, it is gaining wide recognition for using it to demolish the 460-foot-tall Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka.
First, everything in the building that can be removed is taken out. Then, beams and concrete in the floors are dismantled, and they're taken down to the ground by a crane that harvests energyfrom descending. Giant jacks are used to keep the floors in place as structural elements are dismantled, which are then lowered.
The building looks roughly the same from the outside throughout the process—even as the jacks are lowered and the building begins to shrink, it still keeps its roof. The novel demolition technique is believed to reduce dust by 90 percent, while also reducing the noise pollution caused by standard demolition techniques. But best of all, because Tecorep uses renewable energy to power its operations it reduces carbon emissions by about 85 percent.
via PopSci and Wired
Lead image by Flickr user Joe Jones


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This has to be a wind-up, right?
New Phase of the Development Program (AARRP Phase 3)
The BRRAA is now reorganizing for upgrading to be the Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation Department (RRAAD). This establishment will be completed within 2011. The AARRD has been entrusted with the duty to take care of the national atmospheric water resources management.
The main responsibilities are to enhance or reallocate or redistribute rainfall to provide additional water for agriculture, energy, domestic consumption, industry, and conservation and also to involve in the missions to prevent or suppress of damage causing by natural disasters such as hail storms, forest fires, and smoke from biomass burning.
I googled BRAAA, for example and came up with this. Ok, so that was just some undergrad humour I suppose. What about this pdf:
Right, I took one name from the attendees, Jean-Pierre Chalon and googled him. This conference had links with something called IAMAS.
This is now getting a bit beyond a joke:
As the page header indicates, IAMAS embodies ten International Commissions and one international Committee. The overall coordination is provided by the IAMAS Bureau, which is responsible to the Executive Committee.
IAMAS is a constituent Assosciation of IUGG, the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, and through it part of ICSU, the International Council for Science.
And who or what are they connected with?
Highlights of cooperation are the biennual IAMAS Assemblies, intermittingly together with one or two of the partner associations (as MOCA-09 in Montréal, Canada, or DACA-13 scheduled for Davos, Switzerland) and embedded into General Assemblies of all partners within IUGG (as 2011 in Melbourne, Australia, and scheduled for Prague, Czech Republic, in 2015).
Sheesh! These people are actually for real and backed by money:
What the hell is all this? And don't tell me any of the crazy weather around the globe … no, I'm not getting into that.
And did we have any referendum or MSM discussion that you recall on f***ing around with the weather? I mean, who appointed these people?


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Aperture Foundation 60th Anniversary Gala Dinner & Photography Auction
See pictures from the 2012 Aperture Patrons' Weekend here.
More than 350 guests—including photographers and writers, photography collectors and dealers, and leading philanthropists—gathered for a glittering celebration at Gotham Hall on Tuesday, October 23, to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Aperture. The highlight was a landmark auction of sixty-two works by photographers closely identified with Aperture publications and projects. The evening also included a tribute to Henry Buhl, Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla, John Gutfreund, Lynne and Harold Honickman, Mark Levine, Frederick Smith, and the many photographers and writers whose work has shaped the Aperture legacy. More than half a million dollars was raised to support Aperture Foundation's critically acclaimed publications and exhibitions, innovative public programs, and ongoing discovery of new visionaries in the photographic medium.
More pictures here.
Guests at the Patron Ticket and Table levels were also invited to attend specially arranged visits to the studios of major New York–based photographers, including Elliott Erwitt, David Levinthal, Mary Ellen Mark, Matthew Pillsbury, and William Wegman, and a cocktail reception at the home of Aperture trustee Willard Taylor and his wife Virginia Davies.
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Neil Gaiman, in conversation with Maria Dahvana Headley on Sunday June 26th at 7pm!
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Neil Gaiman's American Gods appeared in 2001 to wide acclaim. It's a story of magic and myth, a great and towering fable that uses the American landscape as its backdrop. On this, the tenth anniversary of the book, Gaiman will appear in conversation with Maria Dahvana Headely, author of Queen of Kings, to talk about the updated and expanded American Gods. Two types of tickets are available for the Neil Gaiman event: Orange tickets cost $29.55, include one signed copy of American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition from the University Book Store, and grant admission to one person to the event. Signed books will be distributed at the event. Green tickets cost $5, and admit one person to the event. To purchase tickets, please call 1.800.335.READ or email email@example.com. Tickets available now.
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ATHENS, 1 May 2012 – A UNHCR delegation visited this morning the new detention centre for migrants in Amydaleza (northwest of Athens), in the framework of regular visits to facilities used for the administrative detention of migrants throughout Greece. At the time of the visit, there were 56 persons detained in one cluster of containers that was operational.
Although the delegation found that material detention conditions are better in comparison with other migrant detention facilities in the country, UNHCR would like to express reservations as to the operation and effectiveness of the recently announced detention centres.
What remains critical for UNHCR is the procedure, criteria and conditions of police operations leading to mass arrests of undocumented aliens, with a view to transfer them to Amygdaleza detention centre, as well as to other centres that are to be created in the future. This concern is aggravated by the fact that access to the asylum procedure at the Attica Aliens Directorate (Petrou Ralli), as well as at other police directorates around the country, remains today significantly limited. Therefore, among those arrested with a view to be removed from the country, there may be persons in need of international protection, who, nevertheless, were unable to submit their asylum claim.
According to the current legislation, administrative detention of undocumented aliens is allowed only for a limited period of time and only ahead of their removal from the country. In case their removal is not possible (due to legal or practical reasons), the effectiveness of the detention measure is doubtful.
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Mazda Mazda5 Expert Review
Although other vehicles offer similar features, the 2010 Mazda5 remains as a unique people mover. The Mazda5 has minivan features like sliding rear doors, but in a compact package. The result is a vehicle with style, room, and convenience in a well-priced package.
Mazda says the Mazda5 it was designed from the inside out, meaning space and comfort were the primary focus for the vehicle, which employs Mazda's 2.3-liter four cylinder engine mated to either a 5-speed manual or automatic transmission as its motivation. The Mazda5 has second row captain's chairs, flexible seating arrangements (50/50 split seats for the third row), and ample cargo room.
Standard features run the gamut, from 17-inch wheels and a two-stage opening rear hatch, to air conditioning and body painted remote doors, among other appointments. Only the top level Grand Touring models are available with the optional navigation system.
Bodystyles: VanEngines: 2.3L I-4Transmissions: 5-speed manual, 5-speed automatic Models: Sport, Touring, Grand Touring
For 2010 the Mazda5 loses its body colored moldings and side turn signal repeaters. While the black bezels surrounding the headlights have been deleted, Liquid Silver has been added to the color palate. Dynamic stability control and traction control are now standard equipment throughout the lineup.
The 2010 Mazda5 is clean and plain, yet sporty and fun. The 17-inch wheels and clear LED taillights add some much needed pizzazz to the long-in-tooth wedge form.
Automatic air conditioning, second row air vents, power windows and locks, and keyless entry come standard on the Sport. Grab a Touring and you'll find a leather steering wheel, moonroof, and fog lights added. Heated leather seats and xenon headlamps are
Performance and handling aren't exactly this van's forte. As is to be expected, there is a fair amount of lean when heading into corners. The Mazda5's 2.3-liter all-aluminum MZR engine doesn't pull hard, but stab the throttle (especially with the five-speed manual on board) and it turns into a relatively entertaining vehicle to drive.
Driver and passenger front and side airbags are standard, along with a crashable brake pedal assembly and side Air Curtain airbags. Traction control and dynamic stability control are included too.
22mpg city/28mpg highway (manual); 21 mpg city/27 mpg highway (automatic)
- Great cargo capacity
- Long standard features list
- Roomy interior
- 50/50 third row split seating
- Underpowered
- Dated style
- Grand Touring-only nav option
Comfortable, useable, and relatively sporty
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Tokyo Flash, the Japanese watchmaker which loves to make hard-to-read timepieces, has just launched its latest model: the Zone, which tells the time in hexagons.
In fact, this time round it's actually not too difficult to read the display, which can't be said for many of its watches. If you're stuck when it comes to the image above, though, watch the video: moving numbers make it a little easier to work out exactly what's going on.
The Zone's stainless steel strap and body comes in silver and black, with blue, green, purple or black options for the LCD face. It's available now—for two days at least—for $99. After that it will cost $139. [Tokyo Flash]


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Rosalynn Carter wants what we have. The former first lady spoke at a National Park Service gathering this summer about her latest project — reviving the Chautauqua in Plains, Ga. The wife of former president Jimmy Carter will speak at the Florida Chautauqua Assembly conference next January about the significance of Chautauquas and why they should be preserved.
A friend and I took the brand-new walking tour of Boulder's Chautauqua this summer. Lori Hunter of Boulder Walking Tours added this option on the heels of winning a Square Nail Award (the Oscars of Boulder local history) for the high quality tours she offers of downtown Boulder.
Our tour guide met us at the pergola near Baseline Road and talked about the origins of the Chautauqua movement. The word itself is of Seneca Indian origin and can mean "moccasins tied together" or "fish jumping out of water." The lake of the same name in New York is the location of the original Chautauqua.
From 1874 through the late 1920s, millions of Americans were Chautauquans, taking advantage of the philosophy of enrichment through lifelong learning. At the peak, there were more than 400 Chautauquas with permanent structures and thousands of tent Chautauquas. Only 14 Chautauquas remain in the country, and Boulder's is the only one that operates year round, free and open to the public.
Boulder competed with Colorado Springs and other cities to win the location of the Texas-Colorado Chautauqua. Our tour guide said the deal was cinched after Boulder supporters took the Texas representatives on an excursion over the Switzerland Trail railway in April 1898. They were sold on the beautiful mountain scenery. Boulder was the only Chautauqua with a mountain backdrop, we learned. The Texas-Colorado Chautauqua, also referred to as Texado Park, opened on July 4, 1898.
Education, religion, recreation and the arts were the four pillars that Chautauquas were built upon.
Texas teachers paid to travel from Fort Worth by train and spend two weeks at the Texas-Colorado Chautauqua, taking advantage of learning and nature. The first year, living quarters were tents. But in the fall of 1898, after the season was complete, the first permanent cottage was under construction.
As we strolled along, it was pointed out that the cottages were built to face toward the center of the Chautauqua, rather than taking advantage of mountain views.
Waterwise Park was called Alamo Plaza in the beginning, according to the plat for the grounds, another reference to the State of Texas.
Bachelder Ranch House still stands, although the exterior has been covered with stucco. The 75-acre ranch was purchased by the city of Boulder to make way for the park.
Rocky Mountain Joe Sturtevant's log cabin photography studio, however, was razed to make way for the Community House, built in 1917. Sturtevant was the official photographer of Chautauqua in its early years.
Built in 1919, the Columbine Lodge served as the hotel of Chautauqua, accommodating guests of Chautauquans, or those who wanted just a night or two of lodging.
A conversation about Chautauqua's years of decline brought us to the Galey family cottage. It was Mary Galey, a longtime Chautauquan, who is credited with saving Boulder's Chautauqua by having it landmarked locally, decades before it became a National Historic Landmark.
After an hour on the tour, it's easy to see why Mrs. Carter is seeking to reclaim her hometown Chautauqua. We are fortunate Boulder's Chautauqua has been preserved and is still as relevant and vibrant as in its heyday.
Our guide ended the tour by sharing one of the programs from the 1912 Boulder Chautauqua season.
For more information visit boulderwalkingtours.com and read "The Grand Assembly: The Story of Life at the Colorado Chautauqua," by Mary Galey.
Carol Taylor and Silvia Pettem write on history for the Daily Camera, alternating weeks. Email Carol at email@example.com, Silvia at email@example.com, or write to the Daily Camera, 5450 Western Ave., Boulder 80301-2709


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Beyonce performs in Dublin tonight. Yesterday she and Jay Z took the Blue Ivy Carter to the playground. F-ck me, she looks good in those black jeans under the bomber, doesn't she? Jay's been travelling with her for a couple of weeks now. (Just like Rihanna's been travelling with Drake, ahem. We'll get to that in a minute.) Later on, B and J went out for dinner to a restaurant called Coppinger Row. The BIC did not appear to be with them. I'm not a parent but that makes sense to me. If you have a nanny, why would you want your 2 year old to come to dinner with you? That's not a c-nty thing to say, is it? I feel like most of my friends who are mothers would agree. Have a glass of wine, or three, without having to worry about your kid getting tired and screaming the whole night. If I'm a fellow patron at that place, I am thanking you.
Anyway, have you seen this video of Beyonce rehearsing at the Grammys with a Jay Z stand-in and Blue's voice comes on in the background? Everybody else is awwwwwwing about how cute it is when she says "Hi Mommy". But you're missing the whole point.


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In 1856, Berrien County was cut out of Lowndes County, GA. Long before that all of this section, including Lowndes was encompassed in the original county of Irwin. The following is a sketch of the first 75 years of Lowndes County.
The Valdosta Times
October 14, 1899
Historic Sketch of Lowndes County
Written by R. E. L. Folsom
Old Irwin county was composed of sixteen districts, and included the present counties of Thomas, Brooks, Worth, Colquitt, Berrien, Lowndes, Clinch, Echols, and Irwin. Out of this territory, about 1826, the counties of Thomas and Lowndes were formed, in the south-west and south-east portions respectively. Lowndes included all of the present counties of Clinch and Echols, and most of the territory of Berrien, Colquitt and Brooks. Clinch was formed first, then Berrien; then Colquitt; then Brooks; the Echols.
The county of Lowndes was organized, and the first court held, at Frances Rountree's on what is now [1899] known as the Remer Young old place, in the year 1827.
Old Franklinville was the first permanent count seat, founded about the year 1827. It was located on the Withlacoochee river, near where the skipper bridge now stands. It was a fine location, from a natural standpoint, and had one of the best springs of water in this county. It never amounted to much as a business location. The first clerk of the county court of ordinary was William Smith.
One among the first representatives of the county was Randall Folsom, from 1832 to 1833. He was followed by Hamilton Sharpe.
About 1838, the county seat was moved to the fork of the Withlacoochee and Little rivers, and named Troupeville, in honor of Gov. Troupe. It was not a picturesque, or even attractive spot for a town, and today a bleak and barren sand ridge, with its scattered clusters of cactus and pine saplings, is all that is left to mark this historic old spot. It was a great rendezvous for the devotees of fun and excitement and carousal, and a detailed history of the place would furnish every variety of incident, from deeds of heroism down to the most ridiculous escapades. Troupeville was a considerable business point. Of the merchants who did business there in the old days, were Moses and Aaron Smith, E. B. Stafford, Uriah Kemp, and Alfred Newburn. The first physician in this section of the country, Dr. Henry Briggs, located there, and put up a drug store. He built up a very extensive practice, which he kept to the end of his long life. In those days there were no bar-rooms, as we now find them, but all the merchants, excepting M. & A. Smith, sold liquor.
Two good hotels were kept here, one by William Smith, who was a master of his trade, and the other by Morgan G. Swain.
The first county surveyor was Samuel Clyatt. He was succeeded by Jeremiah Wilson, who held the office, with the exception of one term, till about the close of the civil war.
Judge C. B. Cole was one of the first judges of the superior court. He was followed by Judge J. J. Scarborough. It was under Judge Scarborough that Judge A. H. Hansell made his first appearance here, as solicitor general. He succeeded Judge Scarborough as judge of the superior court.
About 1847, occurred the first murder trial in this county. It was the trial of Samuel Mattox for the murder of a boy by the name of Slaughter. He was found guilty and hanged for the crime.
About the year 1859, upon the building of the old Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, now the S. F. & W., this county seat was moved to Valdosta. The place was named in honor of the home of Gov. Troupe, which he called Val-d'Osta. This was about the same time that Brooks county was organized. Shade Griffin was representative at this time, and has the bill passed creating Brooks county. As he lived on the east side of Little River, the boundary was run so as to put his place in Brooks, where it is said to be yet.
The merchants who began business in Valdosta at its founding, or soon after, were Thomas B. Griffin, Adam Graham, Moses Smith, jr., Henry Briggs, A. Converse, Capt. Bill Smith, W. H. Briggs, and the Varnedoes.
The first public road ever cut through this country, was the old Coffee Road, cut out by Gen. Coffee, on a contract from the state. It began at Jacksonville, on the Ochmulgee River, and ended at old Duncanville, in Thomas county, on the east line. The first white settlement in this section was made on this road in the fork of the Okapilco and Mule creeks in Brooks county, at an old Indian town, by Jose Bryant, in 1823. The next settlement was also made on this road, by Sion Hall, near the present site of Morven. It was here that the first court for the original Irwin county was held. This settlement was made in 1824. In the same year, Washington Joyce settled on the east bank of the Little River, and built a ferry at what is now the Miller Bridge. This was the first white settlement in present Lowndes county. Next to him came Drew Vickers and Lawrence Folsom and a man named Baker, who built a ferry on the Withlacoochee River, where the Williams bridge now stands.
One of the highways in this section was the old stage road, running from Thomasville to Brunswick through Troupeville. This was discontinued as a stage line about the year 1850.
In those old days, marketing had to be done at long range. Not very much cotton was raised – all of the upland variety – but it had to be hauled to Fussell's and Mobley's Bluffs, on the Ochmulgee River, and goods hauled back in return. The only real markets for this section were Tallahassee, Newport and St. Marks. Going to market was an event in those days, and people went to buy only what was absolutely necessary. Ah! Those were the happiest days of all.
There were large stock owners in this section, in those days. There was a fine range and plenty of room, and the raising of stock was then a source of considerable income. The most important stock raisers were Berry Jones, Francis Jones, Will Folsom, Randall Folsom, James Folsom, and James Rountree.
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A promotional video for the second Russian tour from PROJECT ROCK (formerly ROCKSTAR) — the new band featuring former and current members of JUDAS PRIEST, ALICE COOPER, OZZY OSBOURNE and SCORPIONS — can be seen below.
PROJECT ROCK last spring completed a week-long tour of Russia where they played classic songs from their respective bands.
The group's first Russian trek kicked off on May 18 in Moscow, with stops in Krasnodar, Rostov, Voronej, Penza and Saratov, before the tour ended on May 28 in Ufa.
PROJECT ROCK is:
* Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, DIO DISCIPLES) - Vocals
* Keri Kelli (SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, ALICE COOPER, RATT) - Guitar
* James Kottak (SCORPIONS, KINGDOM COME) - Drums
* Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO) - Bass
* Teddy "Zig Zag" Andreadis (GUNS N' ROSES) - Keyboards
In a video interview, Owens said about PROJECT ROCK: "We all have such diverse backgrounds in so many different bands that we just want to get there and play WHITESNAKE and ALICE COOPER and DIO and PRIEST and GUNS N' ROSES. So I think this project is just to go play for the fans with this special show with all these songs and all these bands."
"Here's To Us", the first-ever original song written and recorded by PROJECT ROCK, was premiered earlier this month on "Drive Time Morning Show with Evgeny Shtoltz", which airs on the Moscow, Russia radio station Rock FM.


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I.B. Tauris Publishing has published Shi'i Islam and Identity: Religion, Politics and Change in the Global Muslim Community (2012) by Lloyd Ridgeon (University of Glasgow). The publisher's description follows.
The contemporary world is increasingly regarded as a global community in which traditional patterns of social organisation, faith and practice are rapidly being transformed. These changes are evident in many religious traditions, and Shi'i Islam is no exception. This book seeks to investigate the nature of contemporary Shi'ism, focusing on the creation of identities – showing the diversity of thought within the Shi'i world, the transnational nature of Shi'i networks, and the forces of tradition and modernity influencing current developments in Shi'i identity. Increasing contacts between East and West have made the presence of Shi'ism more visible in the modern world, especially in Europe. Shi'i Islam and Identity shows that it is no longer sufficient to speak of a 'Shi'i Crescent'; rather, Shi'i worlds range from Senegal, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq, to Turkey, Albania and European capitals such as London and Berlin.


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THEY served in the war that sees its centenary commemoration this year, and now the fallen soldiers are set to be remembered for many more to come.
As part of Winchester's To Honour a Promise project, a memorial plaque and two information boards have been officially opened, to teach future generations about the history of the First World War.
The plaque, on Quarry Road, remembers the headquarters of the cycling unit, which was disbanded in the 1920s.
It was unveiled by Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire Dame Mary Fagan yesterday, along with Mayor and Mayoress Cllr Ernie Jeffs and Barbara Jeffs, and the project's director David Harrison.
The group then travelled to the Morn Hill Butterfly Reserve where two information boards were opened.
They include pictures of how the site would have looked during the Great War, when two million men made their way through the camp before heading to frontline duties – it is said to have been the largest in the UK.
A bugler sounded The Last Post followed by a minutes silence and prayers.
The plaque and information boards are the first phase of the project, which aims to erect a permanent memorial of the British and American forces that travelled through the Winchester Morn Hill camps.
Mr Harrison said it is important to teach people of the city's heritage, which is especially appropriate in its centenary year.
He said: "I think it is important that future generations understand the freedom that they enjoy is down to people that were prepared to die for it. One of the most pleasing things is the involvement of the youth – they have been really involved.
"We have been working towards these events for several years and it is very exciting to see our project coming to life." Children from All Saints C of E Primary School have also taken part, making crocheted poppies at the Winchester Discovery Centre earlier this year.
They gathered around the boards for the ribbon cutting – one by Dame Mary, the other by local historian Tony Dowland, who researched the cycling unit and proposed the plaque and boards be installed.
On June 23 the permanent memorial will be unveiled at Castle Yard, and an exhibition launched at the Great Hall.


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Archive - May 1, 2013
Willie turns 80
And here is a sample of his excellence with the blues. People don't realize what a great guitar player he is. Here he is, doing another song he wrote (on the same car trip back in the early 1960s) with the equally great BB King.
I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge the passing of George Jones, another of my favorites.
Aunt Olive was suffering again today. Mightily. I went in and discovered she was only getting one Tylenol every four hours. Silly. She was in excruciating pain, and she is not a complainer. The staff was doing all they could, but the doctors had not gotten back to them for two and a half days. We plotted with one of Olla's favorite staffers and decided that it was so bad that if the doctors didn't call back, we'd just ship her up in the ambulance and then she would get something for her pain. A staffer called with that information, that the family wanted her taken to emergency, and within one hour, the pills were on their way.
Now, I don't know the realities of the medical hierarchy, but if you can't get a 101-year-old who is in excruciating pain a narcotic or whatever it takes within an hour or two, something is wrong. The staff was entitled to give her a certain amount of pain killer, but they had used up that option. Of course, the big issue is preventing staff from having discretionary access to painkillers, which inevitably, it is true, will result in some stealing the medications for themselves while claiming to have administered it to a patient. The problem of staff stealing pain meds is more prevalent than most know.
However, when it takes two-and-a-half days to get an old lady in horrific pain some help, that is a problem. With only half a pain pill, Olive was resting comfortably tonight. She should have had it two days ago. I kind of suspect that she was shunted aside merely because she was 101-years-old.
Human pain is human pain, 101-years-old or not. Yes, if you are 101-years-old and get cancer, or some other condition, it might not be the best idea to go full bore treating the disease. But pain? You always, always, always treat pain. In fact, it is the basic function of the medical field. We all are going to die. It is to get there comfortably that is our best hope.
The staff at the Hilton gives Olive regular massages, I did the best I could this morning to work on the area of difficult, and sister Tracie, a trained massage therapist, went in this evening. Olla said she was craving fruit, so Tracie called out to the place. Kae immediately made up one of her legendary fruit and vegetable smoothies and brought it in. Olla took a sip and said, "Wow. I am all about this!"
One cool 101-year-old.


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Bikeblognyc, your guide to urban bicycle culture is hosting a live
television show as part of Park(ing) day.
September 18th, 2009
From 9-5pm
Parking day is a citiwide event where parking spots are reclaimed from
idle places for cars to sit into vibrant creative mini parks.
Bikeblognyc's spot will be on 156 Rivington st. Between Suffolk and
Clinton st. Right in front of the legendary ABC No Rio community space
and Time's Up bicycle mechanic workshop space.
This event will be in collaboration with two other great organizations:
Time's Up and www.shootingpeople.org
Time's Up has been educating about a more sustainble city for over 20
years, hosting free bicycle workshops and events. They will be on hand
with free bicycle repair by their volunteer mechanics as well as
tabling to help people get involved.
Shooting people is a vast social network and excellent resource for
aspiring and proffesional film makers. They will be providing
technical support.
Michael Green. creator of bikeblognyc.com will be hosting the show and
interviewing members of the bicycle community. Guests will range from
politicians to bike shop owners talking about bicycle culture in NYC
and many of the issues reported on in bikeblognyc. Guest list to be
announced. The show will be available through a live audio and video
Come by or tune in and be part of this great event turning parking
spaces onto parks.


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OTTAWA – Four years after a landmark report raised the alarm about the care of reservists, the military ombudsman says citizen soldiers are still treated poorly and not given periodic health assessments or consistent immunizations.
Pierre Daigle also concludes there remains a wide gulf between the cash settlements reserve members and those in the regular force receive when they lose a limb on duty in Canada.
Daigle released a new report Wednesday that says out of the 12 recommendations made in 2008, only four have been fully implemented, another six were partially achieved and two have seen no action whatsoever.
The ombudsman's office was told by the Harper government at the time that it accepted all of the recommendations.
"I was expecting a better average in the implementation," Daigle said in an interview.
"Everything there was not that difficult to implement. There still seems to be two classes of soldiers in the Canadian Forces, and this is disappointing."
The new report looks at the care reservists are given within Canada, not on overseas missions, which are subject to a different set of criteria.
Jay Paxton, a spokesman for Defence Minister Peter MacKay, challenged the suggestion that little has been accomplished and said that National Defence has been working — and made progress — on 10 of the 12 original recommendations.
But Daigle points out there is still no overall health-care framework for reservists, who throughout the Afghan war made up an increasing number of the battle groups sent into the field to fight the Taliban.
The report notes that the insurance plan that compensates soldiers for losing limbs has not been amended — a fact the ombudsman calls "unfair and inequitable" and something MacKay needs to address right away.
Under the existing plan, a reserve member receives only 40 per cent of what full-time soldier gets for the same dismemberment.
Investigators in the ombudsman's office who tried to examine why the recommendation for change was ignored found themselves facing a brick wall when documents covering negotiations with the Treasury Board were deemed cabinet confidences by the government.
The ombudsman was able to determine that the chief of military personnel asked the Harper government to make the change, but it remains unclear why it was not acted on by Treasury Board.
MacKay's spokesman said the issue of accidental dismemberment will be addressed.
"The fact that the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces have not implemented necessary changes to the Accidental Dismemberment Insurance Plan is completely unacceptable," said Paxton.
"Minister MacKay has directed officials to resolve this outstanding, unfair issue immediately and to inform Canadians and Canadian Forces reservists of the necessary changes once they are finalized."
The lack of periodic health assessments poses a risk to the military, Daigle said.
It means reserve commanders have no idea whether their troops are medically fit to deploy on domestic operations or whether they face health restrictions.
National Defence in 2009 clarified what medical care reservists are eligible to receive, but Daigle points out it has been poorly communicated to the troops.
The ombudsman found that the message was distributed to the air force and navy, but the army, which has the largest number of reserve troops, couldn't confirm everyone within its ranks got the message.
Paxton suggested the ombudsman's latest report presented an unbalanced picture of what the government has tried to do.
"Minister MacKay has consistently stated that the care of ill and injured personnel is his central priority," he said.
"Not reflected in the ombudsman's report are the monies Minister MacKay reallocated from within his budget, a total of $11.4 million, to augment mental-health care and preventive programs for regular and reserve Force members.
"This initiative brings the Canadian Forces annual mental-health care budget to $50 million and provides better mental health care to reserve personnel."
He also noted the government has invested in a pension plan for reservists and in improved medical record keeping.


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WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday it was increasing its staff of mental health professionals by roughly 1,900 to better serve veterans returning home from war.
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The department plans to add about 1,600 clinicians, including psychiatrists, psychologists and nurses, and about 300 support staff to an existing mental health staff of roughly 29,500.
"As the tide of war recedes, we have the opportunity, and the responsibility, to anticipate the needs of returning Veterans," VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said in a statement. "History shows that the costs of war will continue to grow for a decade or more after the operational missions in Iraq and Afghanistan have ended. As more Veterans return home, we must ensure that all Veterans have access to quality mental health care."
The department said it will begin recruiting immediately.
Since 2007, the VA has experienced a 35 percent increase in the number of veterans receiving mental health services. The VA says 1.3 million veterans received specialty health services last year.
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Bush Ducks Shoes Thrown in Iraqi Leader's Office
President George W. Bush ducked two shoes thrown at him by an unidentified man during a press conference in the Iraqi prime minister's office to mark the signing of a security agreement. Bush wasn't hit by the shoes, which both sailed over his head after they were thrown one after the other. The president shrugged and said "I'm OK" after the incident in Baghdad today. "All I can report is it is a size 10," Bush said afterwards. In Arab culture, throwing shoes is a grave show of disrespect. The man shouted an Arabic phrase, which an Iraqi present translated as "This is a farewell kiss, dog."
Luckily for Bush, a size 10 men's shoe, while heavier, actually hurts less then a stiletto heel thrown with accuracy. He could have lost an eye, you know.